If Concordia was feeling good fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Crest Ridge on Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Concordia Fighting Orioles fell 3-1 to the Santa Fe Chiefs on Thursday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Fighting Orioles of the 3-1 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture last Thursday.
Concordia started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-19.
Rinley Hulver paced Concordia's offense, picking up 14 kills. Hulver got some help from
Olivia Hemme and her 19 assists.
Aubrey Roepe controlled things from the service line, finishing with two aces.
Mia Lark was a one-man wrecking crew for Santa Fe as she had 24 digs. Lark has been hot recently, having posted 12 or more digs the last three times she's played.
Concordia's loss dropped their record down to 22-11-1. As for Santa Fe, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 21-9.
Concordia does not have any more games scheduled as of now. After both having extra time off, Santa Fe and Osceola will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Santa Fe is on a five-game streak of home wins, Osceola a nine-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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